For over 100 years, the automotive industry has been solidly in the manufacturing business. While many industries have been transformed by the data revolution (retail, banking, communications), automotive has been mostly on the sidelines. But that is changing fast, and

Just how big is the connected car market going to be? Accenture estimates that it has the global potential to reach a total €500 billion by 2025 or roughly $430 billion USD. Much of that revenue would be in the form of data access fees and service/software subscriptions. These revenue streams typically feature much higher gross margins than

The connected car has been called a “smartphone” on wheels. Unfortunately, that phrase became outdated almost before it was invented. While the initial vision may have been for a better way to integrate our electronic devices with our vehicles, technology has rapidly pushed way beyond that.

Current and projected features associated with the connected car now include